Cameron's flagship EU referendum Bill hit by warning it is not legally binding and next government could just ignore it. 1  Tory plan to be debated on Friday but Labour and Lib Dems boycott vote. 2  James Wharton's backbench Bill promises a referendum by the end of 2017.
Photo: A lightning bolt is a huge release of static electricity, in which built-up electrical potential energy shoots from the sky to the ground in a sudden, improvised, electric current. Picture by David Parsons courtesy of US DOE/NREL (Department of Energy/National Renewable Energy Laboratory).
Understanding Electricity Static and Dynamic Electricity Static: Static electricity is the result of an accumulation of electric charges that occurs when two non-metallic objects rub against each other: for example, when we rub a balloon and it sticks to the wall. Electrons jump from one object to the other, causing a positive charge in one and a negative charge in the other. Balance is restored through a discharge of static electricity. This discharge can happen slowly, as when the balloon falls down from the wall after a while. But it can also take place quickly: for example, when we rub our feet on a carpet and then touch a metallic object.